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As a parent of a son who started playing football at the age of 9, with teammates who were 12 and 13, and who received his first concussion before he even entered high school, I understand why a high school student turned down multiple football scholarships. John Castello, a standout football and basketball player at…

Cam Newton—black America’s favorite quarterback at the moment—didn’t win Super Bowl 50, but Beyoncé won the Super Bowl halftime performance, and Kevin Hart won a Super Bowl commercial contest. Hart’s Hyundai commercial, in which he plays an overly protective dad who sneaks out on his daughter’s date, won USA Today’s annual poll of the best…

Here’s the story of how a couple of Black Lives Matter activists got Beyoncé’s dancers to hold up a “Justice 4 Mario Woods” sign after her Super Bowl halftime performance.  Mario Woods was a 26-year-old man who was shot more than a dozen times by San Francisco police, a killing that many Black Lives Matter…

I was worried that Beyoncé’s comeback would overshadow Rihanna’s new album, Anti, and the Anti World Tour. Beyoncé’s “Formation” single, released on Saturday, made a heck of an impact, but Rihanna has celebrating of her own to do. Back in July, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that Rihanna was the first and only…

So what’s an easy way out of answering a question about a film festival jury’s lack of diversity when you’re president of said jury? Don’t admit the faux pas, never that. Just claim that everyone is African. And that’s exactly what Meryl Streep did during a panel discussion Thursday at the Berlin International Film Festival.…

Taraji P. Henson is going from Empire to NASA in her upcoming movie role. Henson will star in Hidden Figures, a movie based on the book Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly.  Henson will play the role of NASA math genius Katherine Johnson, one of…

The Miami Heat is one team that seems to enjoy their job, off and on the court. And apparently they also enjoy the intro to the popular 90’s sitcom, Martin. Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosch, A’mare Stoudemire, Tyler Johnson, Josh Richardson, Chris Anderson and Udonis Haslem al got together and recreated the show’s intro and needless…

Gina Best knows heartache. And, unfortunately, the heartache she feels isn’t going away anytime soon. In September, Best’s daughter, India Kager, a 27-year-old Navy veteran from College Park, Md., was sitting in a car in Virginia Beach, Va., with her boyfriend, Antonio Perry, and 4-month-old son, Roman. According to authorities, Perry was a person of interest…

They say that when you make it, you should be sure to send the elevator back down for those who are trying to come up, too. Power actor Omari Hardwick is incredibly grateful to Denzel Washington and his entire family for looking out for him when he was a struggling actor. During an interview with…

Jada Pinkett Smith brought up a good point during an impromptu interview with a TMZ reporter Tuesday. It’s a point that bears a resemblance to Chris Rock’s scratch-and-sniff joke he made several years ago: Black people don’t always vote for other black people. We are discerning people who seek out high-quality performances at award shows…